Memories and Digital media

[Crusty]

This hits home. The convenience of smartphone technology and social media make capturing memories easy and instantaneous. The whole world can see, what you post instantly....but in 10, 20, 30 or 50 years from now when your loved ones want to remember, how will they do it.

Print photos, this is the most important.
Transfer video to DVD, VHS, FILM anything that is not electronic..

I know we (boomer, gen x) get it, but I know my kids don't...for Christmas they might be getting photo albums, etc.

This letter made me think on this today. Old guy bought a VHS of eBay and showed thanks.

 

[RiverDave]

Weirdly print photos have a lifespan, vhs has an even shorter lifespan, dvd’s and cd’s are about ten years..

Digital media stored on the internet is pretty much forever?

Well at least until Skyler launches..

RD

 

[Crusty]

Weirdly print photos have a lifespan, vhs has an even shorter lifespan, dvd’s and cd’s are about ten years..

Digital media stored on the internet is pretty much forever?

Well at least until Skyler launches..

RD

Infamous GD server crash disagrees....

My kids can't go to my MySpace page and see me in the 90s

Technology changes and evolves, will what's used today be a viable source in 20 years?

My point is for family memories, that has a lifespan of the members who are living, until they are not.

Everything has a lifespan, even the internet.

 

[JDMeister]

Every "New" Advancement "Claims" to last forever.
CD DVD claimed forever. You can google "Bit Rot" if you want to know.
The CD DVD plastic fails way short of forever.
The playing of tape degrades the quality over time, and sitting
seems to not help.
Hard drives fail also, just like a starter in your car. Over time
it will fail.

 

[Realbadlarry]

This is all by design, you can't erase history if it is right in front of you.......